What future classics have you predicted in your lifetime?

300SL Gullwing.

In the early 1980's I asked my father to buy the car. At the time, a good example could be purchased for the low 40's.

Plenty of others.

 

F40a are a cool million now, and Dino's at 350 average, and Daytona's around 550 average.

Not sure how you come up with them being similar in price.

I still think the Testarossa is the sleeper in all of this.

The issue is , so many good cars today fighting for similar dollars I don't think one can predict what will be good.

My kids are all over the map, the Ferrari is special, but today's kids love the Nissan GTR

Tastes change with every generation.

 

Lancia Flaminia. Look to the PF and Touring coupes. 3C is choice.

 

Still dbl the price of a Dino , not close to Dino prices as you eluded too.

But I stand corrected, not a million.

 

Old Shelby Mustangs (primarily '67 - '68 GT500s). Back in the day (mid nineties) they were in the mid 20k range. Good luck finding one for south of 100k now! I think after that nic cage remake of Gone in 60 Seconds they skyrocketed.

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Some have called Dino bubble, but I would disagree.

As the Daytona and 275 continue to take off, so will other cars follow suit.

As they say high tide raises all boats.

What I don't understand is the bb boxer and c/4 being low production 12 bangers barely reaching the Dino prices. Albeit the Dino is prettier.

 

Lancia Delta Integrale? Or am I an idiot? Always wanted one watching those WRC rallies.

 

Just two. The TR and Testarossa

 

in a lower price range:

renault 5 turbo 1 and 2, they double the price within the last 4 years, the price just now is nearly equal to the TR

the lancia 8/32, just now very very cheap to get and makes much fun to drive

 

yeah, I'm not sure about the Lancia 8/32, just not special enough other than having a Ferrari engine. But I completely agree with the Lancia Delta Integrale HF.

I was 100% convinced the boxers were about to go up when I bought my TR 3 years ago. I remember seeing a 512BBi for 95k$ and I just knew it was the smarter investment choice, but I really really wanted a TR so I got a TR... I wasn't in for the investment. All that said, I do believe TRs are next, although to a lesser extend and it will take a little longer.

As of today, I personally think the best Ferrari investment is a 360CS.

Outside of Ferrari, the XJ220 and Carrera GT are very undervalued as well.

 

I don't really make predictions. I don't buy cars based on mental calculus and a profit expectation, rather I buy from the heart. I buy what I lust for and think I will enjoy. I am fully prepared to lose financially on every one, expecting the enjoyment gained to exceed the monetary loss. Although I don't have a profit motive, when I buy from the heart and see perverse relative value it has tended to work out rather nicely over the last few decades.

P400S Miura - I thought it was the coolest car ever made, purchased it for about the price of a new Acura at the time.

246 GTS - Stunningly beautiful, but it wasn't a "Real" Ferrari, although a Mondial was... Ultimately, the Dino was underpowered for me.

'67 Jag E-Type S1 roadster - Gorgeous, powerful and nimble. Still a buy I think.

330 GTC - I really wanted a 275 GTB/4 at the time, but at $440k that train was leaving the station. I learned the GTC was essentially the same running gear in an elegant 2 seat coupe package for about 1/3 the price. The longer I looked at GTC's, the more they grew on me until I had to have one. Now, the longer I own it, the more I admire it. Few cars do that.

Ford GT - Purchased brand new at MSRP completely expecting a huge depreciation hit, but I just had to have one. Nearing a double now but It's a keeper...

CS - I just love the concept, dynamics and sound. 360's are down by half since I purchased it, but the CS is flat to up a little. I think the CS is truly a special car and will one day cross Scud's & Speciale's. It's an honest first of concept car and they only made 1,200. There will always be a newer, better, faster thing.

BB512 - Just two years ago for 1/3 the price of a Dino. A mid engined, Formula 1 inspired 5 Liter flat 12, twelve thirsty and loud carb venturis sticking straight up, the last hand made Ferrari, Enzo's favorite street car. I always liked the muscular looks and just love the driving experience. The sound makes the hairs stand up on the back of my neck. Less than 1,000 made.

The one that never was:
My Dad was an exec at Chrysler and had to order two new executive cars every six months. He was tiring of that just as I was entering my automotive lust years at 12 years old, so he gave me the order sheet to fill out for my mom's car. I carefully filled it out for a brand new 1970 Dodge Challenger RT convertible, 426 Hemi, 4-speed Pistol grip shifter, in Plum Purple with a white interior and top and gave it back to him. Before submitting it he modified it a bit to make it more suitable for my Mom. What we got was a '70 Challenger hardtop with a 318 auto, but in a nod to me it was Plum Purple with a white interior. I still lament that car was never born!



OK, since a prediction was specifically requested:
Austin Healy 100M, Factory Lemans.
Only 640 true factory cars built, reclining windscreen, louvered hood held down by a leather strap. For about the price of a new Porsche 911..
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Neither have a racing history. Other than Miami Vice nothing going for them. Looks are questionable. Dependability so, so. Not particularly fun to drive-bulky. Had a new 88 Testarossa and really don't want to get down on it ,but it is the only of 5 Ferrari's I've owned that I could not wait to get rid of. I will say however during the height of the Japanese stock market late 80's they reached 210,000. The economy and the longing of the youth of the 80's will be the fly, no fly obviously for this one.
The Boxer will have legs. At least some racing history, good looks, very limited production of all years, in the production years caused many a heart throb in the youth, dependable,fun to drive. The way the front and rear bonnets opened-eyecatching. I sold mine duriing the height of the market and hopefully for the owners today they will score. 300,000 plus at the time. Now with inflation will it be worth 1.5 mill is the unknown. Can you believe the BBi 84 in Europe cost 44,000.00. As the importer of one of the last EPA and Dot ran this to a total of 75,000.00.

 

I called the GTC4, back when I was in college they were $30-40k. I thought to myself that I need to figure out how to get one because no way will they stay that cheap. A few years ago when BB's were $80k, I thought the same, no way they stay that cheap. Now they're double that and climbing. Next up are the TR's and 512TR's. I bid $500 short on a TR 3 years ago, came close to getting a 512TR a couple of months later and ended up with a 355 GTB 6 speed, which I also think are going to go up, though not significantly for another 10 years. I'd expect TR's to start the climb in the next 5.

As for other makes, 89 turbo trans am, late '90's and early 2000's formula firehawks (very low production and the fastest of that generation car), maybe the last of the dohc ZR1's. I also think the Esprit twin turbos will be sought after, though not on the level of some of the others.

 

Pontiac Fiero GT.
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E36 M3 has surpassed the value of an equivalent condition E30 M3? I have a hard time believing that unless you're talking about an E36 Evolution. They made a ton of E36 M3s, and the US model had a non-M engine. I have an '88 M3 so I'm biased.

Nice longhood Porsche 911s ('65-73) were $10,000-20K cars when I got into them about 10 years ago, now they're easily 5 times that. I owned a *lot* of them in various condition but sold them off over the past 5 years (for what I thought was silly money...oh to have my '67 911S coupe back) to the point where I only have one left. It's a 1 owner '66 911 coupe in slate gray and red interior with 235,000 miles and I'm holding on to that one.

I bought a nice low mile original '76 Porsche 930 about three years ago just before they started appreciating. These are over $100,000 for an average one now, and I plan to sell mine soon.

I bought my all 911s, TR, and M3 to enjoy. Yes, I predicted that they would be future classics, and if they appreciate, great, but I'm not counting my chickens with the TR. The TR's styling is so polarizing and dated looking that I wonder if it will ever get the recognition it deserves. But *I* think it's gorgeous ever since the day I saw it on a magazine cover, and it's such a thrill to drive. The $$$ gain is nice but driving is the fun part.

Future classics currently under-appreciated that I plan to aquire over the next few years:

1. Acura NSX
2. Integra Type R
3. 1988-93 Ford Mustang Saleen special editions (SA-10, SSC, etc)
4. DeLorean
5. Buick Grand National/GNX

 

Passed on a nice '82 Porsche 930 for $20k at a dealer. I was 2 months out of college ('96) and didn't think I could afford it, even though I knew I would be priced out of the market eventually. Certainly seems to be the case.

A couple of years later a co-worker and his brother were going to sell their aging father's one-owner LS6 Chevelle, $12k. Still kick myself because I knew the price of that thing would go insane someday, but like always I talked myself out that I couldn't swing after just getting married. That car today is probably $50k for a rolling heap and $100k+ for a nice one.